Day 3: BACK AT HOME…

When I got home, I quickly downloaded the trip log and waypoints from my GPS and onto my Topo maps on my PC. That was when the trip logs dropped the bomb on me…

…we didn’t see Waterwheel Falls!?!

After rubbing my eyes and staring at the screen for a bit, the data clearly showed that we only went as far as LeConte Falls! Waterwheel Falls was still another 3/4-mile further.

I was distraught. I wasn’t sure when I’d be back to see the real Waterwheel Falls. I even gave Ed a call to tell him the bad news.

After I finally accepted the disappointing turn of events, I was determined to come back to Tuolumne Meadows next weekend. Once again Mom learned what I was about to do and made sure I wasn’t going back alone. We made reservations for a room at the Holiday Haus in Mammoth Lakes and anxiously awaited the coming weekend to retry the whole thing again…

…in one day!!!

To be continued…